Virginia Beach organization sends help to Taiwan following earthquake

Kenzie Finch
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — A humanitarian organization, founded in Virginia Beach, is deploying its international relief team in light of Taiwan’s magnitude 7.4 earthquake.

The earthquake has killed at least nine people thus far and injured hundreds more, a release states.

The Operation Blessing team is led by John Tan, regional director for CBN Asia and managing trustee for Operation Blessing Foundation Philippines.

Based in Makati in the Philippines, Tan and his team will depart for Taiwan and meet with local partners to determine the greatest area of need.

“State media is reporting that multiple power generation plants were temporarily tripped by the earthquake, with roughly 87,000 households still without power,” Tan said. “We expect the immediate needs to be food, water and hygiene kits. Once the electricity is restored, then we can focus on helping residents whose homes were damaged to recover items, clear debris and begin to rebuild what’s been lost.”

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